02979nam 2200745 a 450 991045126310332120200520144314.01-135-88537-01-280-25188-397866102518890-203-50515-8(CKB)1000000000251566(EBL)182952(OCoLC)252745358(SSID)ssj0000194508(PQKBManifestationID)11189384(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194508(PQKBWorkID)10232241(PQKB)11268866(MiAaPQ)EBC182952(Au-PeEL)EBL182952(CaPaEBR)ebr10162714(CaONFJC)MIL25188(EXLCZ)99100000000025156620030415d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLove American style[electronic resource] divorce and the American novel, 1881-1976 /Kimberly A. FreemanNew York Routledge20031 online resource (174 p.)Literary criticism and cultural theoryDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-86138-1 0-415-96783-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171) and index.Americanizing divorce: the personal is political -- The "enormous fact" of American life : divorce in William Dean Howells's a modern instance -- Divorce, the American custom in Edith Wharton's The custom of the country -- Mary McCarthy's A charmed life : divorcing fiction from fact -- Divorce me : romance and realism in John Updike's Marry me : a romance -- Can the circle be broken? : divorce and the future of the American novel.Spanning nearly a century during which the divorce rate skyrocketed, Love American Style traces the treatment of divorce in the American novel.Literary criticism and cultural theory.American fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismDivorce in literatureAmerican fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismDomestic fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismMarried people in literatureMarriage in literatureLove in literatureElectronic books.American fictionHistory and criticism.Divorce in literature.American fictionHistory and criticism.Domestic fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism.Married people in literature.Marriage in literature.Love in literature.813/.6Freeman Kimberly A.1968-938138MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451263103321Love American style2113423UNINA